2016 July

After a bit of a heatwave during the week, the conditions turned out a lot cooler than most of us were expecting. However, they were pretty decent – a moderate southerly breeze and good cloud cover for most of the day. Ed Green and I started out on sedgey dries, having seen sedges in evidence,…

Mid-summer on the Lake sounds good on paper. What about on the water? The wind was from the west, strong, swirling and squally. We had cloud cover, but it was still very bright, with reflections from the water surface such that you could not see your flies. The air temperature was 15°C and the water…

For me this evening session started at 0845 hrs. This was when Ken, the fishery manager, rang to ask if we had a day session or an evening session. He then went on to say that Trevor and Garry had arrived thinking it was a day session. However, as it was an evening session they…

It’s July and we were sitting in boats on Linlithgow Loch, cold, damp and looking forward to four o`clock. We had a west wind that was cold and blustery; we had bright sun and some cloud cover. The air temperature was only 12 Celsius and with a water temperature of 16 Celsius, we were in…